--- title: "5 Fine day Quotes By David Mitchell" description: "5 Fine day quotes by David Mitchell. Plus more from David Mitchell and more Fine day sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/david-mitchell-264_ethics_you-i-the-moneyed-the-privileged-the-for_1201388.jpg" --- > [“You & I, the moneyed, the privileged, the fortunate, shall not fare so badly in this world, provided our luck holds. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/you-i-the-moneyed-the-privileged-the-fortunate-shall-not-fare-so/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/david-mitchell-264_ethics_you-i-the-moneyed-the-privileged-the-for_1201388.jpg) > [Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/why-fight-the-natural-oh-weaselly-word-order-of-things-why-because-of/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/david-mitchell-264_extinction_why-fight-the-natural-oh-weaselly-word-o_1803032.jpg) > [“one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. Yes, the Devil shall take the hindmost until the foremost is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/one-fine-day-a-purely-predatory-world-shall-consume-itself-yes-the/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/david-mitchell-264_fine-day_one-fine-day-a-purely-predatory-world-sh_2065353.jpg) > [“Scholars discern motions in history & formulate these motions into rules that govern the rises & falls of civilizations. My belief runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/scholars-discern-motions-in-history-formulate-these-motions-into/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/david-mitchell-264_belief_scholars-discern-motions-in-history-form_2884032.jpg) > [One fine day a predatory world shall consume itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/one-fine-day-a-predatory-world-shall-consume-itself/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/david-mitchell-264_consume_one-fine-day-a-predatory-world-shall-con_3111242.jpg) ## More by David Mitchell > [“In the next room a freckly girl Julia's age sat in a wheelchair. One of her legs wasn't there. She'd probably love to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/in-the-next-room-a-freckly-girl-julia-s-age-sat-in-a-wheelchair-one/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“I envied my uncritical, unthinking sisters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-envied-my-uncritical-unthinking-sisters/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“... Ethical cyberexplorers are responsible, yeah? We are friendly ghosts in the machine, not poltergeists or hooligans. We are a growing breed. Over sixty-five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/ethical-cyberexplorers-are-responsible-yeah-we-are-friendly-ghosts-in/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“I succumbed. Late-fifteenth-century verb, Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, but a basic necessity of the human condition, especially mine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-succumbed-late-fifteenth-century-verb-old-french-succomber-or-latin/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [Your environment affects you wherever you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/your-environment-affects-you-wherever-you-are/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“The second tunnel’s a Ministry of Defence tunnel...dug for a nuclear bomb shelter. The entrance is in the garden center at Woolworth’s in Great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/the-second-tunnel-s-a-ministry-of-defence-tunnel-dug-for-a-nuclear/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“Loyalty looks simple... but it ain't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/loyalty-looks-simple-but-it-ain-t/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“Only the trombonist played on. That's trombonists for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/only-the-trombonist-played-on-that-s-trombonists-for-you/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/war-s-an-auction-where-whoever-can-pay-the-most-in-damage-and-still/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/the-human-world-is-made-of-stories-not-people-the-people-the-stories/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/so-little-is-actually-worthy-of-belief-or-disbelief-better-to-strive/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with cork crumbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-elbowed-my-way-into-the-grubby-caf-bought-a-pie-that-tasted-of-shoe/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“A classical LP was playing... ... Jealous and sweet, this music was, sobbing and gorgeous, muddy and crystal. But if the right words existed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/a-classical-lp-was-playing-jealous-and-sweet-this-music-was-sobbing/) [david mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [How lazily "xperts" dismiss what they fail to understand!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/how-lazily-xperts-dismiss-what-they-fail-to-understand/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) > [“Writing poetry's,' I looked around the solarium, but Madame Crommelynck's got a tractor beam, 'sort of . . . gay.' '"Gay"? A merry activity?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/writing-poetry-s-i-looked-around-the-solarium-but-madame-crommelynck/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fine-day/david-mitchell/#itemlist", "name": "5 Fine day Quotes By David Mitchell", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You & I, the moneyed, the privileged, the fortunate, shall not fare so badly in this world, provided our luck holds. What of it if our consciences itch? Why undermine the dominance of our race, our gunships, our heritage & our legacy? Why fight the “natural” (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this:—one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. Yes, the Devil shall take the hindmost until the foremost is the hindmost. 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